Coin bank



April 14, 1931.' ZELL 1,800,974

COIN BANK Filed Jan. 51, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR J ATTORNEY April 14, 1931.; D. H. ZELL 1,800,974

COIN BANK 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 51, 1928 Z3 INVENTOR M ATTO EY Patented Apr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES DAVID H. ZELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK COIN BANK Application filed January 31, 1928. SeriaLNo. 250,853.

This invention relates to coin banks, and has for its primary object to provide a bank of simple and novel construction and a covering of flexible ornamental material for the walls thereof, the bank structure including a separable or removable wall and said wall carrying means to cooperate with means on the other bank walls to detachably secure said removable wall in its assembled position and also removably secure said ornamental covering in its applied position upon the bank walls. In this manner, when this covering becomes torn or soiled, it may be easily and quickly removed and replaced by a new cover.

More particularly, one of the novel features of my invention resides in the provision of a coin bank in the form of a miniature treasure chest having a body wall and separable end Walls, and said end walls having ornamental plates provided with tongues, and the body wall at its opposite ends being provided with slots whereby said tongues may be inserted through the ornamental covering material 011 the body walls and through said slots and clinched upon the inner side of the body wall, thus simultaneously securing the covering material in place and also looking the ends in assembled relation with the body walls.

Another important feature of the invention resides in the provision of a removable bottom wall for the bank having an opening therein and a closure plate provided with a suitable lock to secure the plate in said opening, and said bottom wall and the side walls of the bank being provided with cooperating means concealed by the covering material 011 the bank walls to detachably secure the removable bottom wall in place.

With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in the improved coin bank, and in the form, construction and relative arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illus trated in the accompanying drawings, and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims,

In the drawings, wherein I have illustrated 50 one simple and practical embodiment of the invention, and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,.

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating one embodiment of my new coin bank;

Fig. 2 is a plan viewthereof;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation;

Fig. 1 is a transverse section view taken on the line 1-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View taken substantially on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the removable bottom wall of the bank, and

Fi 7 is a bottom plan view, the bottom wall eing removed.

Referring in detail to the drawings, herein shown, the bank is in the form of a miniature treasure chest having spaced parallel side walls 5' and a transversely curved top wall 6 which may be conveniently produced from a single metal sheet of suitable gauge or thickness.

The end walls 7 are preferably separable from the side and top walls of the bank, each of said end walls consisting of a properly cut or shaped sheet metal plate. The outer surfaces of the side and top walls of the bank are adapted to be covered with a thin sheet of flexible material indicated at 8, such imitation leather or the like which may be suitably embossed or otherwise ornamented, the longitudinal edges of the side portions of this sheet of covering material being turned inwardly and upwardly around the edges of the side walls 5 of the bank as indicated 9.

A similar ornamental material shown at 10 also covers the outer face of each of the end walls 7 and is held thereon by an ornamental end plate 11 extending over the outer surface of said ornamental material 10. This plate is provided with laterally projecting marginal flanges 12 to extend inwardly upon the ends of the side and top walls of the bank, and the edge of this flange is provided with a plurality of spaced bendable tongues 13. The opposite end of each flange 12 isalso provided with a bendable tongue or extension 14. Between the ends of the flange, the lower edge of the plate is bent I derstood that the end walls 7 having been assembled with the covering sheets 10 and" able tongues 23, each of which is provided vtherefrom and adapted for engagement,

through one of the openings 22. It will'thus,

inwardly and upwardlyupon the inner "side of the end wall 7 of the bank as shown at 15.

As herein shown, the tongues 13 are provided only upon the transversely extending part of the flange 12, but it will of course, be understood that 1f des1red s1milar tongues may alsobe provided uponthe vertical poiw tions of this. flange. At corresponding points, the top wall of the bank adjacent each of its ends is provided with suitable slots 16.

From the above description, it will 'be unthe outer ornamental plates 11, after the covering material 8 is applied upon the top and side walls ofthebank the end walls 7, areal-ranged in place, and the tongues13 on the flanges 12 carried by these end wallsare forced through the flexible. covering; materlal 8 and through the slots 16 and are clinched downwardly upon, the inner sur-' face of the top wall6 of the'bank as clearly shown in Figs. Sand 7 of the drawings. The tongues 14: at the ends of the flanges 12 arethen bentv inwardly upon the edges 9of the covering material whieh is engaged against the inner faces of the side walls 5 of the bank at their lower edges. Thus, it will be apparent that the covering material 8 1s. smoothly and securely held in 1ts applied position upon the surfaces of the bankwalls and the end walls 7 are also rigidly fixed in shown in detail in Fig. 6 ofth e drawings. This wall is provided with the marginal. flanges 20 and 21 extending along the side and .end edges respectively, thereof. which are adapted to fit snugly between the side and end walls 5 and 7 of the bank and frictionally engage the inwardly and upwardly turned edges 9 of the covering materialon the bank walls. Theside flanges 20 in spaced.

relation to their opposite ends are provided with suitably formed openings 22 and. in,

' the same relation to the end walls 7 of the bank, the side walls}? thereof are provided with the inwardly struck resiliently yieldwith alocking nut 24projecting outwardly be understood that when the removable bottom wall 19 is applied, the flanges 20 thereof extend between the tongues 23 and the side walls 5 of the banlg'spring the tongues in; wardly untilthe openings22: are, in line with the studs 24 when the latter will snap into said openings, thus detaehably locking the bottom wall in place. Since the ornamental covering. sheet 8 on the bank walls extends over the openings formed by the inwardly struck tongues 23, this locking or securing meansfor the removable bottom wall is.concealed; so that no clew is afforded; as to the manner in which this bottom wall might be detached and removed and access thereby obtained to the contents of the bank.

The bottom wall 19 is provided with an opening 25 therein, preferably, though not necessarily ofrectangular form, and said wall along each edge of'the' opening 25 is formed with an inwardly projecting angularly. ofiset flange 26. This-opening is: adapted; to beclosed by means of the plate 27 whichcar ries a suitable formof key. operated lock 28 havingam-ovablepa-rt adapted to. coact with. the side flanges 26'and thereby locksaidgplate in the opening .25 sothat the coins may not be removed fromthe bank except by theip'ossessor of the proper key. V

From the above description, it will be une derstood vthat should the covering material 8 on the bank walls at. any time become badly: worn or soiled, the bankmay bereturnedto.

the manufacturerfand provided with a new:

ornamental covering sheet at triflingcost inv comparison with thecost of anentirely. new

bank. Thus the old. cover canbe-readily re-,

moved by simply first forcing the'tongues23.

inwardly so 2 as to permit the removal. of the v bottom wall19, and then bendingthe tongues.

13 and llso that they canibedisengagedfrom the top and sides ofthe bank-, thus permit-y ting of the removal of the end walls 7, ,there-' by entirely freeing the secured edgesof the covering material 8- so thatit may be re moved. Afterthe new coverlng'materialr has been applied on the side and top walls 1 of the bank, the 1 end. and. bottom walls are then re-assembled injthe manner above- 8X:

plained and in such reassemb'lage of the bank.

walls, the covering material issimultaneously securely. fixed and heldlm its applied. PQSlinstitutionsand distributedto small clepos itors, the initial manufacturing-cost ofwhich is, relatively small. and, which may be also. indefinitely. maintained in. an ornaimental' and attractiveconditiomat very small addiT .tional expense.v I have herein referred: to

this coin bank as simulating a treasure chest, but itwill be understood that the bank may. also be produced in many other-fanciful forms or'shapes. Also I have specifically described a particular means for. detachably tion. -Thus,it-willbe understood that I have, provided a coin collectionbank ofthischaracter such asis generally used by. banking velopment of the invention as herein disclosed, I do not desire to be limited to these detail features, but reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes therein as may be fairly embodied Within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

I claim:

1. A coin bank having top, bottom and side Walls, and end Walls separable from said top, bottom and side walls, in combination With an ornamental flexible covering material for the top and side Walls, means carried by each end Wall for removably securing the same in assembled relation With the top and side Walls, one of the latter Walls having slots therein, and said means including bendable tongues adapted to pierce the covering material and extend inwardly through said slots to thereby detachably secure said covering material in place.

2. A coin bank having top and side Walls, and separable end and bottom Walls, in combination With ornamental flexible covering material for the top and side Walls of the bank, and said end and bottom Walls having means engaging the edges of the covering material to detachably secure the same in place and also having means to coact With complementary means on the top and side Walls of the bank and thereby removably secure said end and bottom Walls in their assemble-d positions.

3. A coin bank having relatively fixed body Walls and a separable Wall, an ornamental covering material for said body Walls,

said body Walls and the separable Wall having a plurality of cooperating yieldable tongues and openings, and said tongues p1ercing the covering material and extending through said openings to removably secure said separable Wall and the covering material in assembled position with respect to the body Walls of the bank.

4-. A receptacle comprising a sheet metal body structure, an ornamental flexible covering material superimposed upon the Walls of the body structure, and means for securing said covering material in impermanently attached relation to the body Walls consisting of external ornamental sheet metal members having parts overlying the edges of said covering material and detachably clinched thereon to separably retain said members in assembled relation with the body Walls and detachably secure the covering material upon the latter.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

DAVID H. ZELL. 

